Hat-brim-pouncing machine



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C. S. PEOK. HAT BRIM PQUNGING MACHINE.

PatentedMaJy 12, 1896,

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HAT BRIM'POUNGING MACHINE.

No. 559,865. Patented May 12,1896.

INVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT @Erica ClllARLES S. PECK, OF DANBURY, CONNECTICUT;

HAT-BRIM-POUNCING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION foiming part of Letters Patent No. 559,865, dated May 12, 1896.

Application filed March Z9, 1895. Serial No. 543,689. (No model.)

To'ceZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. PECK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Danbury, in the county of Fairiield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in llat-Brim-Pouncing Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to the class of machines for pouncing hat-brims which is illustrated and described in my pending application for Letters Patent, Serial No. 518,996, filed July-w30, 189i, and has for its general object to still further simplify and chcapen their construction and to greatly improve their mode of operation in use, the special object in my present machine being to provide a construction which will pounce the upper and under sides of the brim at the same time by means of pads oscillating in planes at right angles to the axis of the hat-holder in an are of a circle instead of reciprocating in a straight line, so that the pouncing action will follow approximately the curvature of the brim instead of being tangential thereto, thereby greatly increasing the surface that is acted upon by the pouncing-pads close to the intersection of the brim with the body.

My invention relates, furthermore, to various improvements in the details of construction, which l will now proceed to describe, and then specifically point out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine complete; Fig. 2, a plan View of the hat-holder, the brim-supports, the upper pouncingpad holder, and the arm for oscillating the upper pouncing-pad detached; Fig. 3, a detail perspective of the upper arm, pouncingpad, holder, the., detached; Fig. 4, a detail side elevation of the lower pouncing-pad carrier and the holder therefor, the pad being in section; Fig. 5, a plan view corresponding with Fig. et; Fig. G, a perspective of the lower pouncing-pad carrier detached, and Fig. 7 is a detail sectional View on the line y y in Fig. 5.

lvdenotes the bed of the machine, and 2 the legs by which it is supported. Power is applied to drive the machine by means of a belt (not shown) running over a pulley 3, which in practice turns freely on a shaft et, extending longitudinally of the machine under the bed. In the present instance I have emitted the clutch mechanism by which the beltpulley is connected to the shaft, as said mechanism forms no portion of my present invention. At the opposite end of the shaft is a hand-wheel 5 for convenience in turning the shaft should it be desired to place the hat holder in any special position without starting the machine.

6 denotes another belt-pulley on shaft i, from which a belt (not shown) extends over a pulley 7 on a shaft 67, journaled in a swinging frame B, as will be more fully described. The hat to be operated upon is carried by an expanding holder (designated as a whole by A.) This holder l sha-ll not describe in detail, as speciiicallyit forms no portion of my present invention. So far as my present invention is concerned any rotating holder which will hold the hat in position to be operated upon by the pouncing-pads will meet the requirements. In starting, the operator places the hat to be operated upon over the expanding holder and secures it there. The brim of the hat is supported by sliding plates S, which slide in ways i), supported by arms 10, which are secured in place in any suitable manner. ln the present instance l have shown three sliding plates. The inner ends of these plates bear upon the expanding holder below the top thereof. At the outer ends of the ways on the under side thereof are lugs 1 1 from which rods .l2 extend inward. These rods pass through lugs 13, which extend downward from the plates. Springs 1i, lying between the lugs, act to force the plates inward against the hatholder. It will be obvious that as the holder rotates the plates will move in and out in the Ways and will form at all times a support for the inner edges of the hat-brim. The hatholder is carried by a vertical shaft l5, (see dotted lines, Figs. 1 and 2,) which also carries a plate 16, the under side of which is curved from end to end to correspond with the scope of a hat-brim, and a worm wheel 1'7, which engages a worm 1S on shaft 4t, by which rotation is imparted to the shaft and hat-holder. Plate 1G rests upon a roller 10, the same as IOO Vreta .io

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approximately fw' mwa, asclearlv enter i screws 33 denotes spring against the clamping-plates and force them outward, allowing the pouncing-strips to be removed readily as soon as the clampingplates are loosened. The swinging frame consists of an upper arm 34 and a lower arm 35, which are rigidly secured to or cast integral with a vertical piece 3G, which is pivoted on trunnions 37, the lower trunnion resting in the bed and the upper one being held by a standard 38, which is rigidly bolted to the bed.

7 4 denotes a spring, one en d of which is connected to the swinging frame and the other to a post 75, extending upward from the bed. This spring acts to hold the swinging frame and with it the pouncing-pads in operative position. Suitable mechanisms (not shown in the drawings) are provided to retain the inner edge of the upper pouncing-pad out of actual contact with the hat-body and also to lock the swin ging frame out of operative position. I have not deemed it necessary to illustrate and describe these mechanisms in detail, as specifically they form no portion of my present invention. They are, moreover, fully illustrated and described in my said former application referred to. The lower carrier is lmeans I 'adapted'to V1escillate incrirved wave-S i helder'@,wliielrisrig any Y l e Y ending 'carrier isV retained xplatesij i cleariyjshon te .etes aipinf,.w.

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7 3 denotes an opening in angle-piece 5l, through which rod 57 passes freely. Pins 4G and both preferably pass through bearings 5S, which are locked in position in their respective rods by set-screws 59.'

Gl denotes an arm extending laterally from angle-piece 51, which rests upon a lever G2, which is pivoted to arm 34: and is provided at its outer end with a handpiece G3.

G4 denotes a rest extending from head G0, which prevents the lever from droppin g down. The swinging 'frame is moved into and ont of operative position by means of lever G2. In Swingin g the frame into operative position after a hat has been placed upon the holder, holder 50 and with it the upper pouncing-pad and its carrier may be raised to permit the brim to pass under the upper pouncing-pad by a simple movement of the lever. In the same manner holder 50 with the upper pouncing-pad and its carrier may be lifted while in use away from the brim of a hat without stopping the machine or moving the swinging frame out of operative position.

denotes a lever pivoted on the top of arm IIO 3l and extending forward, and 66 a weight which is adjustable on this arm. The forward end of lever rests upon angle-piece 5l, a notch being preferably formed in the top'of the angle-piece to receive the lever, as clearly shown. The action of the weight is to cause the upper pouncing-pad to rest with any desired amount of pressure upon the upper side of the hat-brim, the pressure thereon being regulated by simply moving the weight on the arm, At the inner end of shaft 67 is a bevel-pinion G8, which meshes with a bevelpinion 69 on a vertical shaft 70, which is journaled in the swinging frame. This shaft is provided with eccentrics 7l, to which the inner ends of connecting-rods i8 and 57 are conneeted by means of straps 72. It will thus be seen that rotation of shaft will reciprocate rods S and 57, which are connected to the pouncing-pads, and that as the carriers for these pads are themselves curved and are litted in curved ways the reciprocation of the pouncing-pads will be in a curved line-z. e., an arc-instead of in a stra-ight line, the curvature of the ways and pads corresponding approximately to the curvature of a hat-body, so that the pouneing action will follow approximately the curvature of the brim instead of being tangential thereto, as heretofore.

It will of course be obvious that the details of construction may be greatly varied Without departing from the principle of my invention.

l. In a machine of the character described the combination with a rotating holder by which the hat-body is carried, of plates S by which the brims are supported7 ways in which said pla-tes slide, springs acting to move said plates inward against the holder so that the inner edge of the brim is supported at all times and suitable mechanism for pouneing the brim while it is being carried around by ille holder and supported by the plates.

2. The combination with a rotating hatholder, of pouncing-pads adapted to operate on both sides of the brim simultaneously', can riers therefor curved longitudinally in an are of a circle to correspond approximately with the curvature of a hat-crown, holders having correspondingly-curved ways to receive the carriers, a swinging iframe by which said holders are carried, mechanism for oscillating` the carriers in said ways and in planes at right angles to the axis of the hat-holder and mechanism for raising the upper pouncingpad independently of the swinging frame and of the lower pad.

In a machine of the character described the combination with means forholdinga hat,

of a pouneing-pad holder having curved ways, a pad and a carrier therefor curved to correspond with the ways, means for retaining the carrier in the ways and means for reciprocating said carrier and pad in a plane at right angles to the airis of the hat-holder.

e. The combination with a pouncing-pad and a pouncing-strip, of a carrier provided with sockets 30, clamping-plates, rods passing through the sockets a-nd through the clamping-plates, springs adapted to force the clamping-plates outward and set-screws which act to clamp the plates against the carriers to retain the pouncing-strip in place, the springs acting against the clampin g-plates as soon as the set-screws are turned backward to permit convenient removal of the pouncing-strip.

5. The combination with arm 34 having a head provided with ways 52, of upper pouncing-pad holder 50 having an angle-piece 5l adapted to slide in said ways, a pouncing-pad in said holder, means for actuating said pad, an arm 6l extending from said angle-piece, a lever G2 pivotcd to arm 34 and adapted to bear upon arm 6l to lift the holder independently of the arm and a rest for said lever.

6. The combination with arm 34 having a head provided with ways 52, of upper ponncing-pad 2l, upper pouncing-pad holder 50 having an angle-piece 5l adapted to slide in said ways means for actuating said pad in said holder, an arm 6l extending from said angle-piece, a lever 62 pivoted to arm 34 and engaging arm 6l to lift the holder independently of the arm a rest for said lever and a le ver 65 bearing upon the angle-pieee and provided with an adjustable weight by which pressure upon the upper pouncing pad is regulated.

7. The combination with a rotating hatholder, upper and lower pouncing-pads, carriers therefor curved longitudinally in an arc of a circle to correspond approximately with the curvature of a hat-crown, holders having correspondingly-curved ways to receive the carriers, and a swinging frame by which said parts are carried, of shaft 70 jou'rnaled in said frame and provided with eccentrics 7l, rods pivoted to the carriers, straps by which the rods are connected to the eccentrics and means for rotating shaft 7G so that the carriers willbe oscillated in the ways and in planes at right angles to the axis of the hat-holder.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES S. PECK. 1Witnesses:

H. A. WILDMAN, IV. H. STEGEMAN.

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